Chugai’s RG6042 Receives MHLW’s Orphan Drug Designation for Huntington’s Disease in Japan
Chugai’s RG6042 Receives MHLW’s Orphan Drug Designation for Huntington’s Disease in Japan
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- The MHLW has granted Chugai’s RG6042 an ODD for the expected treatment of Huntington’s disease
- The RG6042 is currently being evaluated in P-III GENERATION HD1 study and is expected to delay the progression of Huntington’s disease as the first disease-modifying therapy
- RG6042 (ONIS-HTTRx) is an antisense oligonucleotide targeting HTT mRNA and has received FDA & EMA’s ODD for the Huntington’s disease in May & Dec’2015 with EMA’s PRIME designation in 2018
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